The Rootkilled a negative review of Manning Marable's new book about Malcolm X, and the action carries a whiff of controversy because the head of The Root is Henry Louis Gates, one of Marable's pals. But then again: " ‘Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention' is an abomination," wrote reviewer Karl Evanzz. "It is a cavalcade of innuendo and logical fallacy, and is largely reinvented from previous works on the subject." It sounds like a kind of shitty, thesaurus-y review.

Further British tabloid phone-hacking scandal updates! Today, police entered the News of the World offices to gather items in their ongoing investigation. And a judge said that he'll use four of the cases against the paper as "test cases" to see how the following bazillion lawsuits should go. And, it emerged that News International tried to offer Sienna Miller 100,000 pounds to make her complaint go away. You can do better, Sienna.

Vanity Fair editor and George Washington hair model Graydon Carterwill be playing an investment banker in an upcoming Richard Gere thriller called "Arbitrage." Then he'll return to his posh Vanity Fair office, where he plays an outraged populist.